June 19, 2013

Dimmest bulb for Dec. 23: Those afraid of the Mayan calendar apocalypse

BY: DECEMBER 23, 2012 | MODIFIED: JANUARY 11, 2013 AT 1:16 PM
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WHO: Everybody who was freaking out about the end of the world because of the Mayan calendar.

WHAT: A thousand people gathered in Australia’s Byron Bay to watch the world end late Friday night.

WHY IT’S DIM: If you’re reading this today, then sorry, but you were wrong.

CURE: Enough with the millenarian movements. The world isn’t going to end just to satisfy your curiosity.

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